Search found 11 matches

by Koffiegast
Tue Nov 15, 2011 2:56 pm
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: language learning on android
Replies: 4
Views: 1358

Re: language learning on android

In truth, I have no idea what you're even looking for. Other than something like flashcards, what would you even expect out of a 'language learning app' that's not tied to any one language? Have a word in the language you want to learn (or know) and then have 4 options or a textbox where you fill i...
by Koffiegast
Thu Nov 10, 2011 6:09 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: language learning on android
Replies: 4
Views: 1358

Re: language learning on android

i also really want a nice app that is like a game to just train myself
by Koffiegast
Mon Oct 10, 2011 4:40 pm
Forum: Conlangery & Conworlds
Topic: Arka: an a priori conlang with 14,000 words from Japan
Replies: 197
Views: 44850

Re: Arka: an a priori conlang with 14,000 words from Japan

This seems quite interesting as it gives a perspective on how people with a quite different L1 create conlang.


(yes a post of me after being inactive for months)
by Koffiegast
Sat Sep 04, 2010 5:38 am
Forum: Languages & Linguistics
Topic: Quick question about Dutch /G/
Replies: 14
Views: 3048

So basically there's no place where /ɣ/ is really [ɣ]? It's either [ʝ] or [χ]. Anyway I hear that the Dutch dialects that merge the [v] and [ɣ] sounds to voiceless still keep the {w} and {r} sounds (which are probably [ʋ] and [ʀ]) voiced, right? <r> is /r/, but can be [4], [r], [R] and [r\] dependi...
by Koffiegast
Fri Aug 13, 2010 8:54 am
Forum: L&L Museum
Topic: Most difficult aspect of your native language for foreigners
Replies: 128
Views: 55687

I've heard complaints about English word order and the prepositional verbs, or something like that. Dutch Dutch is also difficult because of the ‹g› sound, which is never [g] – annoyingly! Your word-order is also notoriously difficult; although some of it was familiar to me having studied German, s...
by Koffiegast
Fri Aug 13, 2010 6:15 am
Forum: L&L Museum
Topic: Most difficult aspect of your native language for foreigners
Replies: 128
Views: 55687

Dutch, I think pronunciation. Why? Because most languages don't have that many different vowel qualities.
by Koffiegast
Fri Jun 25, 2010 6:22 pm
Forum: L&L Museum
Topic: Telling time in places with the 24-hour system
Replies: 76
Views: 31715

I use both, but without the AM/PM stuff. Theyre replaced with afternoon ('s middags), evening ('s avonds), etcetera. There is one thing that I really hate about the AM/PM system, and that's when it's midnight, 12.00AM, 12.00PM, 0.00AM etc, I've seen all sorts of makeshift solutions.
by Koffiegast
Sun May 23, 2010 5:48 am
Forum: C&C Archive
Topic: Things that could have been invented earlier
Replies: 68
Views: 18145

What about all that stuff that hasn't been invented yet, but could totally be here by now? ... Like ? Like genetic research, cloning, stem cell research and such. Why? Tons of advanced countries with developed science teams have some stupid morality and 'god didn't meant this to be'-argument going,...
by Koffiegast
Fri Sep 04, 2009 4:35 pm
Forum: None of the above
Topic: What are you listening to? -- Non-English Edition
Replies: 1735
Views: 352033

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpaFm6ipT9Y&feature=channel_page http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sA-451XMsuY&feature=channel_page http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFv_iqpZzUk&feature=channel_page http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DL5Su3F1rhI&feature=channel_page http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7T-x9UDFSs&f...
by Koffiegast
Sat Jan 10, 2009 8:08 am
Forum: L&L Museum
Topic: The Lesser-Used Sounds
Replies: 113
Views: 86974

Its quite hard for me to even reach my soft palate with the tip of my tongue :')
by Koffiegast
Sun Jan 04, 2009 1:49 pm
Forum: L&L Museum
Topic: The Lesser-Used Sounds
Replies: 113
Views: 86974

Does anyone else use /P/? I thought it was pretty rare (outside of Dutch). I use it in Socialese, though one could argue that it is just an allophone of /u/ since the two interchange with each other based on sandhi considerations, etc. The /P/ has a labiodental flap [b\] allophone word initially. e...